El-Rufai said it would be the turn of Southern Nigeria to produce the next president of Nigeria in the spirit of the rotational presidency.
Speaking during an interview on BBC Hausa on Saturday, El-Rufai said he will not support a Northerner to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The Governor also denied he has ambition to contest for presidency in three years.
“In Nigerian politics, there is a system of rotation, in which everyone agrees that if the north rules for eight years, the south will rule for eight years.
“That is why I came out and said that after President Buhari has been in office for eight years, no northerner should run for office. Let the Southerners also have eight years,” El-Rufai said.
He added: “It has been said that I have loved the presidency since I was a minister in the FCT. This is nonsense. I do not want the Nigerian presidency